How do weeds spread? Although some perennial weeds propagate new plants from runners, most are germinated from seeds. If you don’t particularly enjoy weeding, reducing the number of weed seeds in your garden is one way to cut down on this routine gardening chore. How long do weed seeds remain viable in the soil and what contributes to their longevity? Let’s find out. Never Let ‘Em Set Seed Did you know that lambsquarter produces half a million seeds per plant? That’s nothing compared to the two million seeds generated by a single purslane plant. If you’ve ever heard the saying “never let ’em set seed,” that’s why. Each time a weed drops seeds into the garden bed, it increases the weed seedbank.The seedbank consists of the number of viable seeds in the soil. These could be weed seeds that are near the surface or those which are buried deep in […]
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